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The classic low and slow cooking method of smoking has been used since the early days of American barbecue. The process is simple: wood is burned in a smokehouse and the barbecue is cooked in the enclosed space and smoked over several hours.


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Smoking is a classic barbecue cooking method that has been used for centuries, where long burning wood is used to slowly cook meats in an enclosed space over several hours.